And among Democrats, dedicating much of the surplus to debt reduction is popular in part because it leaves that much less money on the table for Republican tax-cutting plans.
"It was bad because it left an impression that I believe that life experiences command a result in a case," Judge Sotomayor said, publicly addressing the controversy over that line for the first time.
But the decision also sent stabs of anxiety through the state's political class because it left open the possibility that candidates might have to compete in new primaries or run in freshly drawn districts with just two months before the midterms.
Some liberals described Mr. Erdogan's push to allow the headscarf as an early break, because it left the impression that he was putting religious freedoms over issues more important to liberals, like freedom of expression.
Dr Hills said her daughter was particularly hurt by that reaction because it left her feeling as though "she was on her own, that she had to deal with it herself".
Indeed, several partners interviewed today said that though they wanted the rights and responsibilities of marriage, they liked the fact that the Vermont bill did not use the word, because it left them with the image that they were creating a different kind of partnership, more egalitarian and perhaps more successful.
And that's good we didn't think about it that much, because it left room in our lives for other things, and for other people".
Bob Dole's decision in 1996 to quit the Senate, where he was the Republican leader, gave him a lift (albeit fleeting) because it left people with no doubt that his designs on the White House were serious.
But the saga was damaging because it left the government vulnerable to criticisms that some election promises might not be kept.
In 2017, he was ordered by a court to ditch a policy of refusing to let his houses to people who cooked curry, because it left a smell in the carpets that he could not get out.
